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BOARD DIPLOMA EXAMINATION, (C-20)
FEBRUARY/MARCH — 2022
DME - THIRD SEMESTER EXAMINATION

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STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

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Time : 3 hours ] [ Total Marks : 80

PART—A 3×10=30

Instructions :

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(1) Answer all questions.
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(2) Each question carries three marks.
(3) Answers should be brief and straight to the point and shall
not exceed five simple sentences.
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1. List six mechanical properties of materials.

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2. Define (a) stress and (b) strain.

3. Draw stress-strain curve for ductile material and indicate salient

points.
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4. Define (a) resilience and (b) strain energy.

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5. Calculate the modulus of resilience due to extension of steel bar

having an elastic limit of 200 mPa. Take E = 2 × 105 N/mm2.

6. An axial pull of 150 kN is gradually applied on a circular steel rod

5 m long and 50 mm diameter. Find the strain energy that can be
stored in the rod. Take E = 2 × 105 N/mm2.

7. Draw shear force diagram for a cantilever of length L, subjected to

a point load (W) at its free end.

8. State three assumptions made in theory of simple bending.

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9. Find the maximum stress induced in a rectangular beam of width
60 mm and 160 mm, when bending moment is 600 N-m.

10. State the assumptions made in the deriving torsion equation.

PART—B 8×5=40

Instructions : (1) Answer all questions.

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(2) Each question carries eight marks.

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(3) Answers should be comprehensive and criterion for
valuation is the content but not the length of the answer.

11. (a) A compound bar consists of a circular rod of steel of diameter

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20 mm rigidly fitted into a copper tube of internal diameter
20 mm and thickness 4 mm. If the bar is subjected to tensile
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load of 100 kN. Find the stresses in each material and elongation
of the compound material. Take E for steel = 210 GN/mm2,
E for copper = 100 GN/mm2. Assume length of bar is 3 m.

(OR)
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* (b) A reinforced concrete column is 400 mm × 400 mm in section.

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The column is provided with 4 bars each of 40 mm diameter

placed at each corner. If column carries a compressive load of
300 kN. Determine (i) load carried by steel and concrete and
(ii) stresses in concrete and steel bars. Young’s modulus of
elasticity of steel is 14 times that of concrete.
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12. (a) Draw shear force and bending moment diagram of the given
cantilever beam :

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(b) A simply supported beam 9 m long is carrying a uniformly

distributed load of 10 kN/m over a length of 6 m from left end.
Draw the S.F. and B.M. diagrams for the beam and also calculate
the maximum B.M. on the section.

13. (a) A cantilever beam of 2 m span loaded shown in fig. Draw the
shear force and bending moment diagrams.

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(b) A simply supported beam of 10 m span is carrying loads as

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* shown in fig. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams

for the beam :
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14. (a) Simply supported beam of square cross section 20 mm × 20 mm

is 2 m long. The beam fails when a point load of 400 N is applied
at the centre of the beam. A cantilever beam of the same material
having the rectangular cross section 40 mm × 60 mm over a span
of 3 m. Calculate the uniformly distributed load per meter length
will break the beam.

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(b) A timber beam 150 mm × 300 mm cross section supports a

central point load on a span of 4 m. If the maximum bending
stress is 8 N/mm2, what is the maximum deflection? Take
E = 200 kN/mm2.

15. (a) A hollow circular shaft 120 mm external diameter; thickness of

metal 15 mm is to transmit 300 kW power at 200 rpm. Determine

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the angle of twist in a length of 5 m. Take G = 0.8 × 105 N/m2.

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(b) A hollow shaft is to transmit 300 kW power at 80 rpm. Taking

allowable shear stress of 60 N/mm2 and the internal diameter
is 0.6 of the external diameter. Determine the external and

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internal diameters of hollow shaft, if the maximum torque is
40% greater than the mean torque.
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PART—C 10×1=10

Instructions : (1) Answer the following question.

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(2) The question carries ten marks.

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(3) Answer should be comprehensive and criterion for valuation
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is the content but not the length of the answer.

16. Discuss the variation of stresses developed in copper rod and steel
tube if the combination is heated through 30 °C as the composite
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member is formed by enclosing a copper rod in a steel tube.

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Dia of copper rod = 36 mm

Internal dia of steel tube = 40 mm

External dia of steel tube = 50 mm

E for steel = 200 GPa, E for copper = 110 GPa

α for steel = 12 × 10–6/°C, α for copper = 16 × 10–6/°C

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